Bang!
The ground quaked and crumbled beneath the sheer force of Zarek's fist. A sharp yelp echoed from below, buried beneath the collapsing stone.
Zarek lifted his head, eyes narrowing like a predator catching scent.
"There she is," he muttered, voice low. Then, with a powerful push against the shattered earth, his body launched skyward.
He landed atop the divine temple's fractured surface, what remained of it. The once-majestic temple now lay in ruins, its sacred halls reduced to rubble.
Jagged cracks stretched in every direction, disfiguring the ground with no sanctuary left untouched.
As Zarek scanned the wreckage, a temple guard also looked back at him with a stunned expression.
"Intruder!" he roared, his voice rising above the chaos.
Zarek looked at the person and fell silent for a moment. He then walked up to the man at a quick pace, so fast the man couldn't react and delivered a sharp slap right across his face.
"Ahhh!"
